home run

noun

1
: a hit in baseball that enables the batter to make a complete circuit of the bases and score a run
2
: an impressive success
the president's speech was a home run

Examples of home run in a Sentence

He hit three home runs.
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Alonso has been with the Mets for six years where he's hit 226 home runs and drove in 586 runs. Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024 Arenado went from 26 home runs, and 93 RBIs in 612 plate appearances in 2023, to 16 homers, and 71 RBIs in 635 plate appearances in 2024. Award Winner: Arenado has been an All Star eight times, including five consecutive years from 2015-2019. Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024 With just a few batteries, and no need for tools or soldering, young engineers can build a disco ball, a programmable fan and various games, including a home run derby, a memory game and blackjack. Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2024 The four-time All Star is coming off the best season of his already remarkable career, batting .288 while slugging a career-high 41 home runs, finishing third in AL MVP voting while batting in front of the MVP in Aaron Judge. Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for home run 

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of home run was in 1856

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“Home run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20run. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

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home run

noun
: a hit in baseball that allows the batter to go completely around the bases and score a run

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